Note: A second vibraphone should be situated high up, at the back of the concert hall (i.e. behind and above the audience). For example, in the Royal
Albert Hall, the middle of the Gallery is suggested. This instrument is used from bar 274 to bar 303.

1
2
Vibraphone 2 (soft beaters)
(at the back of the hall) as smooth a sound as possible

lunga
Perc. 5

dolce, lontano

lunga

Ped.

Soprano
Dis

tance

blues

be

yond

dis

tance.

Bb
Molto adagio

= ca.35

lunga
desks 1-3
lunga

Vln. I
desks 4,5a

lunga

lunga

Vla.

278
1
Hn.
2
harmon mute
1
Tpt.

harmon mute

2
harmon mute
1
Tbn.

harmon mute

2

con sord.
Tuba

Vibr. 2
Perc. 5

dim.

poco cresc.
(Ped.)
Soprano
con sord.
ord.

poco vib.

Vln. I
tutti, div.
3

con sord.
ord.

poco vib.

con sord.

poco vib.

3

Vln. II

con sord.

poco vib.

Vla.

poco vib.

con sord.
Vlc.
3

con sord.
arco
Cb.

poco vib.

3

54

Cc
Lento (Pi첫 mosso)

282

= ca.50

BFl.

Cl. 1

BCl.

1
2
Hn.

con sord.

4

1
Tpt. 2

Tbn.

1
2

Tuba

Timp.
Bass drum
Perc. 3

Cc
Lento (Pi첫 mosso)
= ca.50
Vln. I

Vln. II

Vla.

div.
Vlc.

div.
Cb.

288

to Picc.

BFl.

molto
Cl. 1

molto
BCl.

Hn. 4
1
Tpt. 2
Tbn.

1
2

Tuba

Timp.
Chinese cymb.
2
Bass drum

molto

Perc. 3
Vibr. 2 (normal beaters)
5
molto

col Ped.

Solo
senza vib.

Vla.

Vlc.

Cb.

molto

55

Dd
293

PiĂš mosso, brillante

= ca.69

Tam-tam
1

l.v.
(soft beaters)

damp slightly

Chinese cymb.
2
Perc.

bowed l.v.

Crotales (struck with Antique cymbals)

l.v.

l.v.

4
l.v.

(

)

Vibr. 2

5
damp slightly

Ped.

rapid gliss. with both hands, inside the piano,
with the back of the nails or a plectrum *

Pf.

prĂ¨s de la table
8va

gliss. veloce

Hp.

l.v.

damp

Soprano
I

saw

my

keep

Dd
PiĂš mosso, brillante

= ca.69

senza sord.
con vib. intenso
8va

2 Soli
senza sord.
con vib. intenso

molto

8va

2 Soli
senza sord.
con vib. intenso

molto

Vln. I
senza sord.
con vib. intenso

gli altri
div. in 4

senza sord.
con vib. intenso

senza sord.
con vib. intenso

senza sord.
con vib. intenso

molto

molto

molto

molto

Solo
molto
senza sord.
Vln. II
gli altri
div. in 4

senza sord.

Vla.

Vlc.
* The notes are approximate, as the available notes will depend upon the frame of the individual piano.
As a genereal rule, the left hand should play upwards from above middle C, and the right hand approximately two octaves higher.